After Parkland, Schools Beef Up Security
by CHRISTOPHER PEAK
New Haven Independent

During a recent lockdown drill, a
classroom of New Haven students
took the threat of an active shooter so
seriously that they told the teacher to
get out of the way and started barricading the door.
“The children are better prepared than
we all are at this table,” Thaddeus
Reddish, the school security director
since 2016, told a panel of alders. “It’s
a different generation. These children
realize the reality of the world right
now. and they take over, because their
mindset is to survive.”
In City Hall’s aldermanic chambers
on Tuesday night, Reddish and other
school officials discussed the additional measures they’re putting in
place to keep Elm City students safe
from guns, at a joint meeting of the
Education and Public Safety Committees, called at the request of Alders
Richard Furlow and Jody Ortiz.
“It’s so sad we have to be here discussing this,” said Abby Roth, Ward
7’s alder, at a time when students
around the country are being asked
to wear clear backpacks to school and
use textbooks to protect their vital organs.
In the wake of another deadly school
shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.,
students in New Haven walked out of
class and participated in nationwide
protests for gun control, a task force
of top security officials has been meeting weekly in New Haven.
Essentially, they’ve been trying
to figure out how to make sure the
schools stay locked all day, while still
providing access to the first responders who might need to get inside in an
emergency.
“We didn’t want a knee-jerk reaction,
where we change everything we do,
because we do good work. But we
looked at some of the weaknesses
that we can take care of, and a lot of it
has to do with communication,” said
Rick Fontana, the emergency operations director who chairs the school
security task force. “It’s been a good
collaboration, to bring everyone together, similar to what we do in the
Emergency Operations Center.”
The review over the last month has
been a joint effort. The teachers union
asked employees to check their doors
and windows. The city’s emergency
operations hooked up all school camera to feed into their 911 system. And
cops and firemen collected floor plans

and walked through schools to plan
out their response to an attack — a
threat they now consider every time a
fire alarm is pulled.
The school district’s latest measures,
which Carol Birks has pushed since
arriving as superintendent last month,
add to defenses that New Haven has
been putting up since 2012, after a
gunman massacred 20 first-graders
and six faculty members at Sandy
Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
New Haven was the first large district
to complete a state-mandated security
plan, which half the state’s other districts still haven’t done.
Tech, Cop Protocol Changes
After that shooting, the state offered
grants for public and private schools
to upgrade their security. Will Clark,
the school system’s chief operating officer, had a comprehensive plan ready
since 2010 and won close to $6 million in three rounds, which he used to
put in security cameras and a keycard

access system at most schools. (Upgrades are still being installed at the
last 13 schools.)
Those two tech upgrades allow city
employees to get instant access to the
schools. Top officials from the director of emergency operations to the 10
district commanders can pull up realtime video footage from any building
on their cell phones, while cops and
firemen can swipe a badge to instantly unlock any door.
That could come in handy as the
police department has changed its
response protocol. Every time a fire
alarm goes off, a police cruiser now
immediately heads to the school to
check on the situation.
In part, that’s because shooters have
recently started setting off fire alarms
that drive students out of locked
classrooms into a chaotic exit from
the building, where they can become
easy targets like in Parkland. “Our
schools have pretty good security and

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keep people out, so shooters have decided that they’re trying to get the kids
out,” Police Chief Anthony Campbell
said.
Within two minutes of getting a call
from dispatch, police now meet a
principal or security guard in front of
the building once the alarm goes off.
If they hear shots or screaming, they’ll
call for backup and go in alone first.
Clark said that the district may review
its evacuation protocol next school
year, but students are currently instructed to leave the building when a
fire alarm goes off, since there may be
a gas leak or a blaze.
Except in the rare case that someone from the night shift is working
overtime, most cops in the district
will have already walked through the
schools in their area. (Officers stay
in the same location for a minimum
of six months.) If not, security cameras can help guide them through the
building to the shooter.
Next: Tourniquets? After-School
Guards?
If another round of state funds becomes available, as expected, New
Haven might ask for medical technology. Fire Chief John Alston proposed
stocking the schools with tourniquets,
to stop the bleeding in the event of
mass injuries. “We train staff to go inside, hunker down and stop the bleeding,” he explained. He added that the
tourniquets, which cost about $500
each, were “a lot cheaper than bulletproof glass.”
Besides the new technology and procedures, alders asked if the district has
enough staff. For two years, parents
and students have complained about a
shortage of security guards.
One alder said that’s particularly true
at larger K-8 schools like Fair Haven,
where there’s only one guard for 900
students, more students than some
high schools have.
Currently, there’s just enough security guards to cover every school, as
long as no one’s sick or injured. The
police department also provides an
extra dozen school resource officers.
Clark said that there’s an open civil
service list to hire more guards, but
he needs the money to do it, at a time
when the district is already making
late-year cuts to close a $6.7 million
deficit and preparing for a $5 million
shortfall next year.
If Clark gets more employees, he
could pilot a second shift to cover
after-school programs and weekend
events. Currently, those are watched

by the chief and two supervisors.
Often, they have to call in other employees to check for break-ins on the
weekends, racking up overtime and
spreading the staff thin. Last year, one
security guard clocked 1,437 hours of
overtime, according to data provided
in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. In part, that’s because the union contract, negotiated
by the city, requires four hours of pay
for each callback.
While most alarms are false, they’d
rather pay for someone to check than
“show up with no computers there,”
Clark said.
The beefed-up response from police
officers, who will be showing up for
fire alarms, will help to cut back some
of that overrun, and a second shift of
evening guards next school year could
also create savings, Clark added.
“But without new bodies, I can’t pull
off the first shift,” he said. “We’re
ready to go, depending on our budget and the priority of the superintendent.”
Avoiding “Prison Pipeline”
While New Haven is stepping up its
security protocols, the district is also
being careful not to create a prisonline environment, as some parents
accused them of doing when they
searched elementary students’ backpacks at Celentano Magnet School in
May 2017.
It’s a tough balance that schools
across Connecticut are trying to
achieve, as shootings remain rare but
physical confrontations, like fights
and weapons at school, have ticked
up, according to a report by the Connecticut Mirror’s Jacqueline Rabe
Thomas.
Between 2009-10 and 2016-17, New
Haven made the most abrupt shift in
the state, from paying for security to
treating mental healthy. Over those
seven years, the district has added
39.8 employees to the 143.8-person
mental health staff, like psychologists,
counselors and social workers, while
cutting back 17 employees on the
68-person security staff. District officials have also emphasized restorative
practices to settle disputes.
That’s especially important to the district’s black students, who still are far
more likely to be kicked out of school
than their peers. Last school year, according to state records, 1 in 9 black
students received a suspension or expulsion on their record, compared to
1 in 22 Hispanics and 1 in 32 whites.

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“Healthy From Day One” Gains Momentum
by ALLAN APPEL

New Haven Independent

You’ve heard of dialing 9-1-1 in a
police emergency.
And there used to be, in New Haven, a
3-1-1 non-emergency number for city
services from fixing potholes to figuring out the mystery of an abandoned
boat beside the roadway. Now there’s
2-1-1 to provide new streamlined access, resources, and connecting young
parents to what they specifically need
for kids — and their families to be
healthy in the developmentally crucial
early years of life.
That’s because the state’s exisiting
Department of Children and Famiies
(DCF) 2-1-1 child development infoline has been upgraded and better
integrated with statewide services,
It also now hosts Healthy From Day
One’s site.
The Healthy From Day One program is funded by a five-year $4 million federal grant from the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMSHA).
Its purpose: To bring physical and
emotional wellness to the state’s
young families in a more coordinated

way by pulling together community
resources and training both parents
and pediatric practitioners to intervene early, especially among very
young children in vulnerable communities.
“Eighty percent of brain development happens before the age of 8,”
cautioned state Commissioner of
the Office of Early Childhood David Wilkinson, who was on hand at a
press conference Tuesday at New Haven City Hall to publicize the program
and announce upcoming events.
United Way Marketing Coordinator
Jeanette Baker noted that the 2-1-1
Child Development Infoline contains
4,000 agencies that collectively offer
count ‘em 40,000 individual programs
and services.
On a local level the grant has permitted local partnering organizations,
primarily the Clifford Beers Clinic
to take what the organization’s Vice
President Christine Montgomery
called “a deeper dive” in serving children up to age eight.
Through hiring an additional clinician and a coordinator, the group has
been able to go to pediatric practices

in poorly served communities, as well
as into shelters housing families, and
similar organizations to screen young
kids for issues such as whether the
children are hitting their developmental benchmarks regarding crawling,
walking, and speech.
Over the past two years of the program’s operation, Montgomery and
the Clifford Beers Manger of Community and Family Engagement
Tirzah Kemp reported about 400 kids
were screened in those settings who
showed signs of concern about developmental benchmarks, and also issues
of childhood depression, among others.
Of those 400 needing services, 75
percent found it, in many cases with
the Healthy From Day One and other
staffers, bringing the young families
hand-in-hand to providers. In many
instances, the Clifford Beers clinicians embedded with pediatric practices, training staffers there into how
to identify issues and then connect
young families to get what they need.
One of the additional features of the
work and a goal of the Healthy From
Day One effort has also been to es-

tablish a council of parents to spread
the word, to advocate, and to keep the
effort alive after the grant dollars are
expended, reported Montgomery.
The word is going to be spread in
a day long event on May 19 at the
Dr. Reginald Mayo Early Childhood School (formerly Helene Grant
School) at 185 Goffe St. There will be
info, events for kids, and also clini-

cians providing screenings on site.
In addition to Clifford Beers, other
local groups participating include the
Early Childhood Consultation Partnership, the Yale School of Medicine,
and the New Haven MOMS Partnership.
An additional way to access services
is through an old-fashioned phone
call, at 1-800-505-7000.

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HARTFORD, CT — Democratic lawmakers used their slim majority to push
forward a plan to increase spending by
$216.7 million Friday, while a Republican proposal died 27-25 in the Appropriations Committee.
The bipartisanship they used to pass
a two-year budget last fall had largely
evaporated as the two sides dug in and
blamed each other for presenting budgets colored by election year politics.
Neither the Democratic proposal that
passed nor the Republican one that died
will be the final proposal.
Adjustments to the 2019 budget will
be made by legislative leaders behind
closed doors, if they are made at all.
Sen. Gayle Slossberg, D-Milford, who
isn’t seeking re-election said if she had
been given an opportunity to vote on the
Democratic budget she would have voted against it, just like she voted against
the Republican one.
Because the Appropriations Committee
was split, the Senate didn’t get a chance
to vote on the Democratic budget proposal—just the House members.
“We all need to get together and come
up with the best plan,” Slossberg said.
“I’m hopeful that’s what’s going to happen.”
Sen. Joan Hartley, D-Waterbury, said
they worked hard to come up with a
two-year bipartisan budget and she did
not go through that exercise “to abandon
it.”
Immediately following the end of the
Appropriations Committee meeting,
House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, DBerlin, said despite “obvious election

Appropriations Committee

year tactics,” he’s proud that “House
Democrats were able to put forth budget
adjustments that reflect the values and
needs of the people we serve.”
Earlier, Republican Senate President
Len Fasano, R-North Haven, called the
Democratic budget “an election year political ploy,” even though the two budgets had a lot in common.
At a mid-day press conference, Gov.
Dannel P. Malloy outlined his immediate
budget concerns and was also critical of
Republican plans to spend some of the
increase in income tax receipts on paying down some of the unfunded pension
liability.
“A majority of what will be in the Rainy
Day Fund is one-time revenue,” Malloy
said. “So if you have one-time revenue
that gives you some amount of money in
the bank and your first urge is to spend it

all today. Doesn’t make a whole lot of
sense.”
They would need to vote to violate the
volatility cap or reallocate that money
once it’s deposited into the Rainy Day
Fund. He said they are too eager to
spend what could be $1 billion more
than expected in revenue.
“This is one-time money in a state that
has a very low Rainy Day Fund,” Malloy said.
He said the money should be deposited into the Rainy Day Fund, which
according to forecasts on Friday was up
again from $915 million to $1.03 billion.
That’s on top of the $212 million that
was already in the fund.
“Everyone is rushing around trying to
have a talking point,” Malloy, who isn’t
seeking re-election, said.
Malloy said the legislature needs to ad-

dress some of the immediate problem.
At the moment, the next governor
could be sworn in and won’t be able to
bond for transportation projects because
there’s no money in the special transportation fund.
“It means we could be in a position to
have to return hundreds of millions of
dollars to the federal government for
lack of a match,” Malloy said. “We’ve
got issues.”
Malloy said he wants what’s best for
the state and he doesn’t want to hand
the next governor huge deficits or undo
the progress that’s been made on the unfunded pension liabilities.
“I’ve spent a lot of political capital on
trying to make sure people understood
the obligations,” Malloy said. “Could
we just play this straight?”
Malloy said the bipartisan budget “exacerbated our out-year deficits with
structural holes that created $1.2 billion
worth of problems in 2020 and stretching out to $1.6 billion of deleterious impact in the out-years.”
Malloy encouraged legislators to reduce
those deficits.
“If we can exercise restraint now, we
can leave the state’s finances on a path to
stability for the next General Assembly
and Governor in 2019,” Malloy wrote in
a letter to legislative leaders.
In addition, Malloy warned that the federal reimbursements for the hospitals
may not come. That’s leaves a $150 million hole in the 2018 budget. The deficit
for 2018 swelled Friday to $363.5 million, according to Office of Policy and
Management Secretary Ben Barnes.
Nothing lawmakers presented Friday
seeks to address the 2018 deficit.

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Crump: Fight Injustice With Action
THE INNER-CITY NEWS

APRIL 25, 2018

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MAY 01, 2018

by MERCY A. QUAYE

tion
“When you interact with injustice,
you have an obligation to do something, if you’re gonna say you’re a
good person,” he said.
Crump’s recent work involves him
traveling to communities of color to
remind them that legality does not
dictate whether something is right.
He said although his formal education
was hinged on the duty of precedence
in law, he instead operates on what is
morally just for the community.
“Forget precedence,” he said. “You argue what is right because if we base
everything on precedents, we would
still be slaves in America.”
Crump said Connecticut’s fight for
systemic change in the criminal justice
system is alarming, but not unique.
“I go to courtrooms all over America,”
Crump said. “And I see how they’re
treating black and brown people, not
just in Connecticut ... And the question I have for you all this morning is:
‘When justice and the law are not on
the same side, what side do you stand
on?’”
The question was posed to an audience filled with residents, students, as
well as gubernatorial hopefuls who
got the opportunity to lay out their
platforms before the community in a
panel discussion about the race for the
state’s highest office.
Connecticut NAACP State President
Scot X. Esdaile, who was appointed as
the national NAACP criminal justice
chair in August, said bringing the candidates to New Haven is an important

New Haven Independent

A civil rights attorney who has represented the families of Trayvon Martin,
Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and most
recently Stephon Clark all unarmed
black men killed in most cases by
police officers — told New Haveners
that they’re obligated to fight injustice.
That was Benjamin Crump’s message
for nearly 200 families, students, and
politicians who turned out at Hillhouse
High on Saturday to be a part of the
Connecticut State Conference of the
NAACP’s inaugural “Nothing About
Us, Without Us” criminal justice summit.
Some attendees said they came to
support the NAACP. Others said they
couldn’t wait to hear the words of the
nationally regarded civil rights attorney who urged the audience to stay
encouraged and take a stand against
racial injustice.
Crump spoke during a luncheon on
the second day of the two-day conference, which was just one stop on
Crump’s multi-city tour to educate
families on the criminal justice crisis.
He urged those in power to act with a
sense of common morality, recalling
the “seemingly clear” acts of injustice in the officer-involved shootings
of Tamir Rice, Alton Sterling, Sandra
Bland, Philando Castile and others.
These deaths have sparked protests
and the organization of movements
like Black Lives Matter that have
pressed for policing and gun reform
along with the end of mass incarcera-

MERCY QUAYE PHOTO

Crump delivers a luncheon address Saturday.

Crump talking with a summit attendee …
… and stopping to take photos.

step towards ensuring relationships
are made that lead to criminal justice
reform.
“The children of incarceration are in
our communities,” Esdaile said. “The
individuals who are coming back into
society are coming back into our communities. They’re not hearing from us
in Hartford, so it’s imperative that they
come to our communities and hear our
voices.”
Gubernatorial hopefuls Ned Lamont,
Joe Gamin, Susan Bysiewicz, Guy
Smith and Peter Talhiem accepted the
invitation to attend and hear from constituents in New Haven, an action that
Esdaile and Crump applauded.
“The bottom line is that we need to develop relationships,” Esdaile said, “the
kind that delivers meaningful results.
There’s a lot of politicians saying they
represent us, but they don’t really represent us. So now they get an opportunity to establish real relationships with
people from the community.”
Crump agreed with Esdaile’s point.
“With the national leadership doing
everything in their power to make it
more difficult to achieve criminal justice reform, we have to remain vigilant
and understand that the battle won’t be
one overnight, it will take a sustained
effort,” Crump said. “People all over
America, in communities just like
New Haven are fighting the same battles and we have to continue to share
with each other. So when we get the
best ideas from other states in America
we can bring them back home.”

Republicans, Democrats Get Ready To Argue Over April Income Tax Receipts
by Christine Stuart
CT. Junkie News

HARTFORD, CT — The bean counters at the state Capitol are telling
lawmakers that income tax revenues
are coming in 46 percent better than
initially projected, but it’s unlikely the
two parties will agree on exactly what
to do with it.
With deficits weighing on their minds,
lawmakers were told Thursday that the
total amount of money being transferred to the Rainy Day Fund under the
new budget rules is roughly $915 million. That’s on top of the $212 million
that’s already there.
That would bring the state’s reserve
fund up to $1.2 billion. That’s enough
to erase the $200 million deficit in fiscal year 2018 and the projected $165
million deficit in 2019. But under the
new budget rules both parties adopted

last fall they won’t be able to use all of
it.
Section 704 of the bipartisan budget,
referred to as the “volatility cap” provision, requires that any revenue from estimated and final income tax payments
in excess of $3.15 billion be diverted
to the Rainy Day Fund. A large amount
of the money that was headed into the
fund is attributed to one-time payments
from the repatriation of hedge fund
money under federal tax laws.
However, there’s still more revenue
headed to the Rainy Day Fund than
lawmakers initially anticipated.
Lawmakers, who have consistently
postponed talks about deficit mitigation, could vote to use some of that
newly found revenue on long-term debt
or other investments.
But Republicans are being stricter
about the limits on how the money

should be used.
House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby, said the new volatility
cap, which is applied to part of the income tax, prevents them from spending
money that shouldn’t be spent.
“I do believe it should be used in part
to help with our unfunded liabilities,”
Klarides said. “I do believe a good
amount should be put in the Rainy Day
Fund.”
She said she doesn’t support using that
money for ongoing expenses.
Senate Republican President Len Fasano, R-North Haven, said the more money they use to pay off their unfunded
liabilities, the more money it frees up
to spend in operating funds.
He said they shouldn’t be using money
they can’t count on next year for ongoing expenses because they’ll just wind
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HARTFORD, CT — Democrats are proposing a budget that increasing spending
$216.7 million over the amount adopted
as part of the bipartisan budget, while Republicans are seeking to reduce it by $27.3
million.
The two parties released their budget
proposals at press conferences before they
duked it out in an Appropriations Committee meeting where they used a parliamentary maneuver to split the committee so that
the House and the Senate members would
vote separately.
The House adopted the Democratic budget proposal by a vote of 21-19. The Senate did not vote on the House bill because
the committee was split so it was already
headed to the House floor.
The Republican Party released all of its
budget documents and summary sheets to
show how they balanced the budget, while
the Democratic legislators handed out a
173-page document that detailed the spending in each agency.
Legislators from both parties then retreated to caucus rooms to review each others’
proposals and promised to reconvene at
some point Friday.
During a seven-minute press conference
with Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven,
and Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, who cochair the Appropriations Committee, they
talked about the funding that was restored
for various programs.
Walker said that the budget was focused
on fixing the Medicare Savings Plan, which
helps pay Part B premiums for the elderly
and disabled, municipal aid and other social
service spending.
However, neither the Democratic or Republican budget fully restores funding for
the Medicare Savings Program.
An estimated 69,500 elderly and disabled
would lose the benefit under the Democrat-

ic proposals under the Democratic budget
and 38,000 would lose benefits under the
Republican budget. There are currently
115,200 individuals receiving benefits under the program.
Sheldon Toubman, an attorney for New
Haven Legal Assistance, said he’s disappointed in the decision.
“Very disappointed that they did not fully
restore MSP and particularly that they did
not restore the HUSKY A cut at all —
meaning that over 13,000 hard working,
low income parents are going to lose their
HUSKY A coverage in just a few months;
they will have nowhere else to turn for
health care coverage,” Toubman said. “This
is hard to understand, given the many low
income people who will be cut off of health
insurance in basically every town and city
in the state. Hopefully, this will all be fixed
in the final budget.”
Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s
budget didn’t include any funding for the
Medicare Savings Program or HUSKY A
parents.
The Democratic budget, according to a
press release, restores almost $115 million
in state aid to cities and towns, and includes
$5 million for a “Free 2 Start” initiative that
provides tuition relief to in-state students at
Connecticut’s colleges and universities.
Republicans helped defeat the “Free 2
Start” initiative as a stand alone bill in
the Appropriations Committee earlier this
week.
“The free tuition is a good idea. We just
can’t afford it,” Senate Republican President Len Fasano, R-North Haven, said.
Fasano said the Democratic Party has a
problem with making promises for new
programs then having to get rid of them because the state is back in deficit.
“You can’t do that. It’s not sustainable,”
Fasano said. “Their budget will ensure an
ever increasing tax consequence to the state
of Connecticut for years to come.”

Fasano and Klarides at Friday press conference.

He said the Democratic budget “is an election year political ploy.”
At the same time, Republicans do seek
to use some of the additional income tax
receipts the state may realize to pay down
pension debt in both the State Employees
Retirement System and Teachers Retirement System. They also would put additional money in the Rainy Day Fund.
Republicans said it would result in $200
million in savings over the next five years.
The Democrats also dip into the additional
income tax receipts to increase spending.
Malloy panned the Republican proposal.
He said the money should be put in the
Rainy Day Fund where it will be needed at
some point in the future.
“It’s like dealing with teenagers,” Malloy
said.

He said one-time revenue should not be
used to pay down the unfunded pension liability.
“This is one-time money in a state with a
poorly funded Rainy Day Fund,” Malloy
said.
Malloy said everyone is rushing around
for a talking point when “we should be
talking about how to protect the Rainy Day
Fund.”
He said the idea that a governor would
come into office and not be able to bond
money for transportation—“we’ve got issues.”
The same day the lawmakers debated the
2019 budget, the governor’s budget office issued a money report saying the 2018
deficit had doubled to $363.5 million, an
increase of $170.8 million.

Hotel Eyed For Pirelli Building
by PAUL BASS

The iconic Pirelli Building on Long
Wharf, beloved by preservationists who
feared it would be destroyed, is slated for
new life as a hotel.
IKEA, the furniture giant that owns a
store on the same Sargent Drive property,
is in discussions with a New England hotel
developer to turn the empty building into
a new hotel, according to city Economic
Development Administrator Matthew Nemerson.
Nemerson said Thursday that the city had
been urging IKEA to find a new use for the
building rather than tear it down. He said
the company “interviewed many people”
about possible uses — housing, an office
building a conference center — before
settling on the idea of a hotel and launching negotiations with the developer. Those
negotiations are ongong and have not yet
produced a memorandum of understanding,

Nemerson reported.
The news was revealed at the most recent
meeting of the Development Commission,
according to the body’s president, Pedro
Soto.
“IKEA has not announced any new
plans for the New Haven Pirelli building.
We do not have any additional updates at
this time,” IKEA corporate spokeswoman
Lethisa Bracy emailed the Independent in
response to a request for comment.
“This is good news. It is going to be preserved,” Nemerson said. And “we clearly
need more hotels.” The city is in the midst
of a hotel boomlet, with projects under construction or planned at High and George
Streets, 80 Elm St., the Union apartment
complex, and the Hotel Duncan.
The old Armstrong Rubber company built
the unusual concrete-cube edifice suspended from a base in full view of I-95 — in
1969 for use as a research and administrative headquarters. Then, like other manu-

facturers, the company left town, in the
1990s. The building has been vacant ever
since.
Preservationists, fearing loss of a piece of
New Haven’s allegedly meaningful modernist architectural history, have sought to
prevent the building’s demolition. They
succeeded in getting the building listed
on the State Register of Historic Places in
2000. That doesn’t legally prevent it from
being destroyed, but adds an arrow to the
preservationist quiver. The building was
truncated in 2003 but otherwise left standing.
The late architect Marcel Breuer designed
the building in the Brutalist tradition. Nemerson noted that architect’s reputation has
enjoyed a national revival of late.
Last year the Pirelli Building tempoorarily
opened its doors again, for an art exhibit.
Read about that here.
BRUTALISM.ORGThe Pirelli Building.

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“Statutory provisions require the state to
process certain hospital rate and supplemental payments in advance of full federal
approval. The state’s submissions are currently undergoing federal review, but it is
unlikely that federal approvals will be obtained before the fiscal year ends,” Office
of Policy and Management Secretary Ben
Barnes wrote Friday in his monthly letter to
state Comptroller Kevin Lembo.
The inability to the state to receive the reimbursement caused the deficit to increase
by about $150 million.
None of the proposals Friday addressed
the 2018 deficit. Malloy released a deficit
mitigation plan in December 2017. Legislators have yet to respond to it.

HARTFORD, CT — The support
of organized labor wasn’t enough
to convince Hamden Rep. Michael
D’Agostino to stay in the race for the
Democratic nomination for attorney
general.
D’Agostino dropped his exploratory bid for attorney general Friday
and opted to run for re-election to his
House seat.
“This campaign has never been about
me, it has always been about how we
can build a brighter future for our state
and our country,” D’Agostino said.
“At this time, I believe that the best
thing that I can do as we work towards
this goal is to run for re-election to
the Connecticut House of Representatives. This decision is not the end of
the road, it is simply a different path.
I look forward to continuing the fight
for progressive issues as we work together to lead our state forward.”
The three-term state representative,
who defended the State Employees

Bargaining Agent Coalition contract
last July in the House, was one of a
handful of candidates seeking the
Democratic nomination.
His exit leaves Sen. Paul Doyle of
Wethersfield, Clare Kindall, an assistant attorney general, former federal
prosecutor Chris Mattei, and Rep. William Tong of Stamford.
It’s unclear who will pick up
D’Agostino’s labor support.
Based on a straw poll at the recent
AFL-CIO convention, Mattei, a former union organizer, received 24.8
percent of the vote, while D’Agostino
receive 47.7 percent and Tong receive
11.4 percent. Kindall received 7.4
percent and Doyle, who was slow to
support the SEBAC agreement and
voted in favor of a Republican budget
proposal, received 0 percent of the 216
delegates present.
The straw poll didn’t lead to the endorsement of any of the candidates.
The AFL-CIO will meet again in June
to endorse candidates for statewide office.

HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut is one
step closer to attempting to close the gender wage gap by banning employers from
asking about a person’s pay history.
The bill sailed through the House with 142
in favor and only four Republicans in opposition. Reps. Anne Dauphinais, Doug
Dubitsky, Craig Fishbein, and Rob Sampson voted against the measure.
The bill, which would simply prohibit
employers from asking about a person’s
salary history, now goes to the Senate. If
the Senate approves it and the governor
signs it Connecticut will become the 5th
state in the country to pass legislation.
Rep. Robyn Porter, D-New Haven, said
this would give women the “power and
equalization they deserve.”
In Connecticut, the average women will
make $529,000 less in earnings over her
lifetime than a male. A Connecticut women
working full-time earns 83-cents for every
dollar paid to men and each year, Connecticut women lose a combined $5.5 billion
due to the wage gap.
At an earlier press conference, Porter said
that’s a lot of revenue the state is leaving
on the table. She said if that money was
given to these women the state would be
better off because consumer activity would
increase.

“It’s about leveling the playing field for
children and raising families out of poverty,” Porter said.
There’s no teeth in the legislation to make
sure employers are complying with the law.
House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin,
said “discrimination still happens all over
the map,” and he added that this legislation
won’t stop discrimination.
But Aresimowicz also said, “We have to
stand up and be very consistent in our beliefs. People should be treated fairly. People should be able to work without fear of
harassment.”
House Majority Leader Matt Ritter, DHartford, quipped that “trial lawyers”
would enforce it.
Sampson said he doesn’t believe the bill
actually addresses pay equity because it
would apply to individuals of all genders.
Rep. Derek Slap, D-West Hartford, disagreed.
He said the evidence is very strong that
when women graduate college and get their
first job, the pay gap appears at 6.5 percent
immediately.
“If you begin your career making 6.5 percent less and your employer is asking how
much you currently make, that gap is going
to grow and grow throughout your entire
career,” Slap said.
Connecticut ranks 47th in the country in
wages lost over a lifetime because of the

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Rep. Robyn Porter
gender wage gap, Slap said.
He said not being able to ask this question
is not going to “single-handedly solve all of
the problems, or single-handedly close the
gender wage gap, but it is going to make a
difference.”
The Connecticut Business and Industry Association, which helped lawmakers
reach a compromise, supported the mea-

sure.
“While this is a significant change to the
hiring process in Connecticut, employers
understand the need to address this issue
and are willing to do their part,” the business association said in a statement. “This
bill will make pay equity more attainable,
while minimally impacting the ability of
Connecticut companies to compete.”

HARTFORD, CT — Veterans Service Organizations from around the
state gathered at the state Capitol Tuesday to continue their effort to restore
$2 million to the Levitow Healthcare
Center at the Department of Veterans’
Affairs Veterans’ Home at Rocky Hill.
The two-year budget adopted last October anticipated the state would modify the licensing requirements for the
Levitow Healthcare Center portion of
the state-run facility and save $2 million.
When the plan was scrapped it was
discovered that the licensing change
would actually jeopardize millions of
dollars in federal reimbursements, and
the plan was canceled.
“In the original plan, there was never
supposed to be an actual cut to the
budget. The cost savings couldn’t be
realized, but now they want the DVA
to find it in their budget anyway? The
budget is cut to the bone as it is. If this
keeps up, the DVA will cease to exist,”
Bob Priest, state commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, said.
The loss of $2 million would come
on top of the 35 percent in budget cuts
they’ve experienced over the last de-

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Ed DeGumbia, state commander of the American Legion

cade.
“When we took an oath to serve our
country to protect the flag, the constitution, and the people of America we
never stopped once we got out,” Ed
DeGumbia, state commander of the
American Legion, said.
The more than 100 patients and
about 30 residents at the state veterans
home and hospital “are not as fortunate as the rest of us,” DeGumbia said.
DeGumbia said they have been reassured that the money would be re-

stored.
“It’s infuriating that the state is planning cuts that could put World War
Two, Korean War, and Vietnam veterans on the street,” DeGumbia said.
“We owe these folks such an incredible debt, and it makes me sick that
this is how we are honoring their service. And what kind of message does
it send to the men and women coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan?
Who would want to come home to
Connecticut knowing that we could

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just turn our backs on them?”
Steve Kennedy, Connecticut Team
Leader for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, said they were concerned they would have to lose some
wings of the hospital without the restoration of the funding.
Both the legislature’s Democratic
and Republican spending proposals
restored the funding, which will likely become part of the budget debate.
However, the two sides have yet to get
together to start negotiating the budget
with 13 to 14 days left in the legislative session. The length of the legislative session may depend on how many
weekend days lawmakers are willing
to work before the May 9 adjournment.
Dan Thurston, chairman of the Connecticut Military and Veterans Coalition, said Rocky Hill is a state asset.
“It is unique and it has been around
much more than a century and it is
something that brings great value,”
Thurston said.
While there is stand alone legislation, the funding issue will likely be
part of the budget decisions between
legislative leaders, which could begin
as early as today.

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Republicans,
Democrats
Get Ready

up in a brutal cycle of surpluses and
deficits.
Fasano said he’s okay with using some
of the unexpected revenue to pay off
long-term debt. He said making those
payments will improve the credit rating, drive down the actuarially required
amounts, and free up more operating
funds in the process.
Republicans and Democrats plan to
unveil their spending proposals Friday
during the Appropriations Committee
meeting. It’s still unclear whether either
plan will have enough votes to pass.
Klarides said she thinks they should
have a vote. She said last year was the
first year they didn’t vote on a spending
package and it took them four months
after they adjourned to pass a budget.
She said failing to vote on a spending
package can’t become the new normal.
House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, DBerlin, said he didn’t necessarily believe they needed to vote.
As far as what’s in a package, Republicans, according to sources, will look
to use some of the revenue to pay down
unfunded pension liabilities in both the
teacher and state employee pension
funds.
Some of the things Democrats and Republicans have been able to agree upon,
like restoring the funding for the Medicaid Savings Program, will also be included in a Republican spending plan.
Democrats have signaled that they’re
willing to restore funding for a number
of programs that were cut by Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy or in the
bipartisan budget as part of their spending package.
Democrats, according to a press release, plan to restore a total of $114.9
million in aid to municipalities, including an estimated $33.1 million in town
aid, $63 million in ECS, and $18.5 million for magnet schools.
It also retains the car tax mill rate at
45, but uses current year mill rates and
increases funding for retired teachers
health care. And it increases assistance
in the Department of Developmental
Services for emergency placements
and employment and day services, and
funds the Medicaid Savings Program
for 134,000 elderly and disabled.
The revenue picture could change
before April 30, but Aresimowicz said
the proposals expected to be debated
Friday will be a good starting point for
leadership to have their discussions.
The Appropriations Committee is expected to convene at 11 a.m. today.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS APRIL 25, 2018 - MAY 01, 2018

Labor Backs DeLauro; Battle For Nation’s “Soul” Invoked
by PAUL BASS

New Haven Independent

“Over my dead body,” Rosa DeLauro declared to a rousing union endorsement rally, “will they rescind that
funding.”
“They” are President Donald Trump
and some of his Republican allies in
Washington.
“That funding” is $30 billion in nondefense spending — for transportation,
for mental health, for job apprenticeships — that DeLauro and her Democratic allies got inserted in the latest
budget Congress passed. Since the
bipartisan budget passed, Trump and
some Republican Congressmembers
have called for rescinding that portion.
DeLauro made the “dead body” declaration to illustrate what labor can
expect from her in return for backing
all her campaigns for the Third U.S.
Congressional District seat since she
first won it in 1990.
DeLauro made the declaration Monday evening to a full house at First &
Summerfield Church, where members
of Yale’s and the Omni Hotel’s unions
gathered to cheer her on for a 15th
two-year term as New Haven’s Democratic U.S. Congresswoman.
The endorsement officially came from
UNITE HERE Local 34. It coincided
with an announcement that the Greater
New Haven Central Labor Council has

AUL BASS PHOTO

Rosa DeLauro at Monday night’s union endorsement rally.

Local 34 President Laurie Kennington with DeLauro at the rally.
voted to endorse her too. (The state
AFL-CIO has already endorsed her
reelection campaign.)
At this point, there’s nobody else to
endorse in the Third District. Since
DeLauro’s is considered the safest of
safe seats, the Republicans generally

put the name of a little-known person
on the ballot who barely campaigns
and receives little to no party support.
So far the GOP doesn’t even have a
candidate yet, according to state Party
Chairman J.R. Romano.
This year DeLauro expected a Demo-

cratic primary challenge, from the left.
But that challenger, Bryan Anderson,
suspended his campaign last week.
“Our feet go in the street. That’s the
way we flex,” Central Labor Council
President and UNITE HERE Local
35 President Bob Proto remarked in
introducing DeLauro, referring to the
Yale unions’ statewide status as a top
vote-pulling force on Election Day.
“We actually do the work. And we
get noticed. That’s the way you make
change: You support people like Rosa
DeLauro.”
“I believe you standing with me led
my opponent not to take up this fight,”
DeLauro told the First & Summerfield
crowd. (Yale’s clerical and technical
workers union held some of its original organizing meetings in the basement of DeLauro’s home.)
So Monday night’s rally became more
about what’s at stake for labor in Democrats’ nationwide quest to take back
control of the U.S. House of Representatives, in which Republican are now
the majority.
DeLauro spoke of Republicans’ efforts to “turn back” union organizing
and bargaining rights, weaken the National Labor Relations Board, depress
wages, and weaken consumer regulations — even, recently, to “take your
tips away.” She spoke of how 83 percent of the benefits of the new tax cut

law go to the wealthiest 1 percent of
taxpayers.
“Corporations and the millionaires
and the billionaires,” DeLauro declared, channeling her D.C. allies
Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth
Warren, “are writing the rules that
make government work for them at the
expense of American workers.”
“This is the most critical election we
will face in our lives,” she said.
DeLauro noted that she is the ranking Democrat on the Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education
Appropriations Subcommittee, where
issues most important to unions and
wage-earners survive or die.
“We win the House back,” she said, “I
get to chair that committee. Then we
get our agenda” back on track.
That produced one of the loudest
whoops in a loud and high-energy
hour-long event.
DeLauro closed with a note of optimism: “We will take back the soul of
this country.”
Then, after it was all over, a speed
round of hugs commenced in the hall
before DeLauro raced out to the next
event in her cleared path to two more
years — adding up to three decades —
in the halls of Congress.
Posted by New Haven Independent

Congratulations to the Millionaire Mindset Sisterhood WE ARE ONE!

Congratulations to the Millionaire
Mindset Sisterhood WE ARE ONE!
Dr. Roberta A. Hoskie, Chieftain and
Founder
Our first year of sisterhood seemed to
pass quickly. We have made phenomenal strides and accomplishments in
just our first year. We have assembled
ourselves, developed committees, introduced ourselves to our Community
and the world at large.
We have continued to stay focused
on our overall mission of keeping God
first in our lives. We have continued
our devotion to Breaking the Poverty
Curse, upholding our Core Values, Being our sisters keeper all while living
“In purpose and On purpose”.
In just a one-year period 42% of Our
Founding Sisters have generated additional Streams of Income and New
Businesses!!! We have 3 new home
owners and 18 Sisters on track to becoming Home Owners and Real Estate
Investors within the next 12 months.
It gives me great pleasure and pride
to see the substantial growth of our

sisters individually as well as collectively. We are more in tune with Our
God Given Power of Our Mindset to
Attract the things we desire in life, to
focus on the Positive so that we can
override the Negative.
As we celebrate our First Year of Sisterhood, we excited to also celebrate
the induction of the 1st Class of SIM’s
to be inducted and become pledged
Millionaire Mindset Sisters on April
14, 2018.

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• Camille Smith, Charlotte, NC

To Our New Sisters, Welcome to Our
Family, Welcome to Our Sisterhood.
The next chapter of our HERstory is
already in the making. Our second
year will be even more productive
than our first. We will multiply at a
controlled rapid pace, become more
visible in Our Communities as well
as the world. We will walk in excellence, think in excellence and live in
excellence.
The Poverty Curse will not have us,
it will not have our Children, it will
not have our seed, because we made
up our Mind that we will try God at
His Word, as we go after our Rightful
inheritance; prosperity!
Sisters we will continue to build
planning 100 years out, knowing that
What we do today, will change the
lives of Countless Women of whom,
we haven’t even met yet, and some we
never will.
This is Legacy Building.

Wells Fargo Increases Its Commitment to Black Homebuyers
By Stacy M. Brown The Washington
Informer/NNPA Member

In 2017, Wells Fargo announced a
commitment to create 250,000 African
American homeowners by 2027.
In addition to lending $60 billion for
home purchases over that 10-year period, the banking giant has committed to
increase the diversity of its sales team,
particularly African American home
mortgage consultants.
Further, bank officials said they’ve
dedicated $15 million for initiatives
focused on homebuyer education and
counseling for Black families.
This commitment is only part of the
evidence that Wells Fargo has made
over the past year to show that it values
customers of color, said Cerita Battles,
the senior vice president and head of
retail diverse segments at Wells Fargo
Home Mortgage.
“It is really important to understand
that, as we made our intentions public,
we did so with some of the country’s
largest and most influential African
American organizations standing by
our side,” she said, noting that those
organizations included the National
Association of Real Estate Brokers
(NAREB), the National Urban League
(NUL) and the NAACP.
“Their support not only added a measure of accountability and a great deal
of legitimacy to this commitment, but
also the power and scope of their collective constituent networks,” Battles

said.
NAREB and affiliates of NUL currently are engaged in homebuyer education and counseling to help African
Americans prepare for homeownership while the NAACP’s Economic
Development arm assists constituents
with financial preparedness, which is a
key component to being ready to purchase a home, she said.
“And, our commitment aligns very
well with NAREB’s ‘2 million in 5
years’ initiative which is aimed at creating 2 million new African American
homeowners in five years,” Battles
said.
The commitment appears headed in a
positive direction.
By the end of 2017, Wells Fargo reported that it helped 23,161 African
American families with $5.7 billion
in home loan originations which was a
significant increase over the previous
year and 99.7 percent of the bank’s
first-year goal despite a falling mortgage market, Battles said.
The bank also dedicated more than
$1.8 million in grants to support
homebuyer education and counseling
for African American audiences, exceeding its first-year goal.
Battles said the majority of support
from that work comes primarily from
three areas of the Wells Fargo Housing
Foundation, including the National
Housing Grant Program, the Homeownership Counseling Grant Program, and down payment assistance

grants through NeighborhoodLIFT.
“We are also supporting new initiatives like HomeFree-USA’s Center
for Financial Advancement Program
which will offer financial education
and expose students to the mortgage
industry as a career option on the campuses of Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCUs),” Battles
said. “And, the future holds great
promise as we have several improvements that have been put in place for
2018 including doubling the amount
of money dedicated to Neighborhood-

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LIFT.”
Battles said that Wells Fargo also
plans to pilot new pricing models for
home mortgages under $175,000 and
to launch a national housing counseling program that the company can
share across the entire mortgage industry.
The company’s homeownership commitment to African Americans has allowed them to also look inward.
“There is no doubt the mortgage industry lacks diversity, especially when
it comes to the sales force. So, for us,

one of the important pieces to this
puzzle is to begin building a pipeline
of new, young, energetic, bright minds
who might not normally consider
mortgage lending as a career choice,”
Battles said. “We hope to achieve this
through partnerships with organizations that can help get the word out
to young African Americans as they
grow and shape their thoughts and
plans about the future.”
For instance, Wells Fargo is part-

A Charming Chat with Oscar-Nominee Naomie!
is a very passionate director who got
me so excited by his enthusiasm that
i couldn’t wait to start working on the
project. It was almost contagious. I knew
that working with him was going to be
a lot of fun. That turned out to be true,
since every day was quite an adventure
on the set. He’s an amazing human being
and a fantastic director. and then there
was The Rock! I wanted to work with
Dwayne [Johnson]. He’s a rarity in how
he exudes such charisma and appeals to
the entire family: men, women and children alike. So, I was very eager to work
with him as well.

Naomie Harris
The “Rampage” Interview
with Kam Williams

Naomie Harris was recently seen in the
Academy Award-winning Best Picture,
MOONLIGHT. Naomie was nominated
for an Oscar, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA Award for her
tour de force performance as the protagonist’s mother, Paula.
She is set to appear next in director Andy
Serkis’ feature adventure, MOWGLI, as
a member of a stellar cast that includes
Benedict Cumberbatch, Christian Bale
and Cate Blanchett. The film is slated to
be released in the fall of this year.
Naomie reprised her role as Moneypenny in the latest installment of the
James Bond franchise, SPECTRE, opposite Daniel Craig. She was first seen
as the iconic character in SKYFALL,
directed by Sam Mendes, which won the
2013 BAFTA Film Award for Outstanding British Film and went on to be Sony
Pictures’ highest-grossing film ever, with
a worldwide box office of over $918 million.
In 2013, she played Winnie Mandela in
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, opposite Idris Elba. Her other
screen credits include: COLLATERAL
BEAUTY, opposite Will Smith; OUR
KIND OF TRAITOR, opposite Ewan
McGregor; Antoine Fuqua’s SOUTHPAW, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal; THE
FIRST GRADER; SEX & DRUGS &
ROCK & ROLL; PIRATES OF THE
CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END; PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD
MAN’S CHEST; MIAMI VICE; AFTER
THE SUNSET; and 28 DAYS LATER.
Here, she talks about co-starring with
Dwayne Johnson in RAMPAGE, an
action-oriented monster flick set in Chicago.
Kam Williams: Hi Naomie. I’m honored to have another opportunity to
speak with you.
Naomie Harris: Oh, it’s an honor to
speak with you, too, Kam.
KW: This is my first interview with you
since your Oscar nomination for Moonlight. Congratulations!
NH: Thank you so much. That’s really
sweet!
KW: You really did a phenomenal job of
disappearing into that role. And because
of the picture’s modest budget, you had
to cram all your scenes into three days
of shooting.
NH: Yes, we only had three days, which
actually turned out to be wonderful because instead of waiting around in a trailer, I got to spend all my time working.
KW: All the buzz after the premiere the
other night was about your gold dress.
NH: Really?

KW: He and Brad have a successful
track record together, having collaborated on San Andreas and Journey 2.
NH: Yes, I observed a wonderful bond
and a great shorthand between them
which was very helpful and great to see
on set.
KW: I loved those light moments, like
when Dwayne’s character moans, “Of
course, the wolf flies.”
NH: I know. They’re fantastic!
KW: I enjoyed this monster movie more
than The Shape of Water. Rampage went
in the direction I was hoping Shape was
headed.
NH: That’s funny. That would’ve made
it a completely different kind of film.
KW: Did you play the Rampage video
game growing up?
NH: No, I didn’t play it as a child. I
wasn’t really a gamer. But I love the
nods to the game sprinkled throughout
the movie. A lot of the computer game’s
fans are going to appreciate that.
KW: What was it like acting opposite Jason Liles, the motion capture performer
who played George, the giant albino gorilla?
NH: It was great, because I thought we’d
just have a tennis ball or a gorilla head,
if we were lucky, to act off of, because
that’s what you normally get in this kind
of movie. But Brad felt that we needed
something more substantial to react to,
so he brought on Jason who gave a fantastic performance. He was so emotive
and really gave us a lot to react to.

KW: What interested you in Rampage?
NH: In Moonlight, I had such a dark,
harrowing role. Coming off of that film,
I wanted to do something relatively
lighthearted that would offer me the opportunity to have fun. I also wanted to
work with Beau [Flynn] again. He produced my first Hollywood movie [After
the Sunset]. I’ve always loved Beau and
admired his work. And Brad [Peyton]

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KW: Despite being classically-trained
at the Old Vic [in Bristol], you’re no
stranger to the action genre. I first interviewed you for Ninja Assassin and later
for the Bond flick Skyfall.
NH: [Giggles] Ninja Assassin! That’s
really going back a ways. The stunt work
for that film was much more demanding
and involved a lot more training. And I
also ended up with a lot more bruises.
Rampage was much kinder on my body,
since most of the acting was against a

green screen.
KW: I recently read the announcement
that they’re doing Bond 25. You must be
excited about that.
NH: Yes, I’m really, really excited!
Kam, you know that most of the time
spent as an actor you’re sort of a gypsy,
traveling around the world. You don’t
really belong anywhere, in a sense. You
uproot your life and, in this case, go off
to Atlanta, where we shot Rampage. After three or four months there, you come
back home for a while before heading
somewhere else. there’s very little continuity. What I like about Bond is how
it offers me a kind of family that I get to
return to. I really love that feeling and
everybody involved.
KW: Do the 007 movies involve much
travel?
NH: Not for me. The guys flew all over
the world for Spectre, but I shot all of my
scenes in London.
KW: The Viola Davis question: What’s
the biggest difference between who you
are at home as opposed to the person we
see on the red carpet?
NH: [LOL] There’s a huge difference
because the person on the red carpet has
had a whole village of people help her
get ready, and done her hair and makeup,
and put wonderful clothes on her. The
person I am at home is much, much simpler. I’m a jeans, t-shirt and trainers girl.
Yeah, that’s how I roll most days. I’m
very, very casual.
KW: Who is your favorite clothes designer?
NH: You’re really into fashion, Kam,
aren’t you? I don’t have one particular
favorite. I love mixing up designers like
Calvin Klein, Peter Pilotto and Mary Katrantzou.
KW: Harriet Pakula-Teweles asks: With
so many classic films being redone, is
there a remake you’d like to star in?
NH: I love musicals. My favorite film of
all time is The Sound of Music. I’d love
to take part in a remake of West Side
Story or what have you. But I can’t sing,
and I can’t dance, so I don’t think there’s
much hope for me, really.
KW: Finally, Samuel L. Jackson asks:
What’s in your wallet?
NH: What’s in my wallet? Omigosh!
And my driver’s license, obviously. My
credit cards and a bit of cash. I even have
an old library card in there as well.
KW: Thanks again for the time, Naomie,
and best of luck with the film.
NH: It’s been lovely hearing your voice
again, Kam.

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APRIL 25, 2018

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MAY 01, 2018

Women with ADHD: Catching Early Signs At Adolescence Is The First Step
by HealthDay News

Is there a significant difference between females and males who have
ADHD? Research says, yes and it can
certainly last well into adulthood for
women as well.
When Kathleen Nadeau was a little
girl, she spent so many hours studying
that her mother wondered what was
wrong. Nadeau was bright. Yet, while
other girls were enjoying parties and
after-school activities, Nadeau avoided all social events throughout junior
high and high school as she struggled
to keep up her grades.
It wasn’t until she was an adult that
Nadeau, now a psychologist in private
practice in Silver Spring, Md., realized
she had attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD). “Only by keeping
this hyper-focus on what I was doing
could I do well,” Nadeau says. “I knew
I couldn’t balance all the distractions
the way most people do.”
ADHD is a condition marked by distractibility, difficulty setting priorities
and following through, impulsivity,
difficulty with social relationships and,
in some people, hyperactivity.
For years, it was believed that only
boys suffered from ADHD. However,

a growing body of research – and
a greater awareness on the part of
parents and doctors – is finding that
ADHD is quite common among girls.
ADHD In Young Girls
Though boys with ADHD still outnumber girls, the gulf is not nearly as
large as previously believed, says Stephen Hinshaw, a professor of psychology at the University of California at
Berkeley.
Some estimates put the ratio at five
boys for every girl with ADHD or
even 10 to one, but Hinshaw believes
the number is closer to two to one.
“ADHD can and does exist in girls,”
he says. “But many girls are diagnosed
as having anxiety or depression, or
their diagnosis is missed altogether.”
Part of the problem in diagnosing
girls is that their ADHD symptoms
are often subtler, as in Nadeau’s case.
Many boys with ADHD, though not
all, are hyperactive. They are defiant
and disruptive in classrooms, which
brings them to the attention of teachers and parents quickly.
Some girls with ADHD show symptoms of hyperactivity and aggressiveness. However, many more girls have
what’s known as “inattentive type”
ADHD, Hinshaw says.

They are bright but have to work
very hard to keep up in school. They
can’t follow their teachers’ or parents’
directions. They are often dismissed as
“scatterbrained” or “flighty.”
“Boys are clearly more aggressive
and disruptive than girls in a physical
sense, so they are the ones that get referred,” Hinshaw says. “The ‘inatten-

tive type’ is a less visible type because
you’re not disrupting a class, you’re
not running round. You are in some
ways suffering in silence because
you’re not processing information,
you’re not focusing attention on parents’ demands or teachers’ directions.”
And it doesn’t mean girls aren’t
struggling to cope with the difficulties

of life with ADHD.
Hinshaw and his colleagues enrolled
228 girls aged 6 to 12 in day camps
held from 1997 to 1999. About 140 of
the girls had ADHD. The others were
not suspected of having ADHD and
were told the camps were for “enrichment.”
The girls with ADHD stopped talking medicine such as Ritalin for the
six-week duration of the camps so
researchers could observe their behavior.
Some of the girls with ADHD were
overactive. Many others had problems
following directions and getting organized.
Most striking was the social problems the girls with ADHD had, Hinshaw, says.
The overactive girls weren’t liked because they were aggressive and disruptive. The inattentive girls, meanwhile, became socially isolated.
“They were very poor at reading social
cues,” Hinshaw says. “But they did it
in a more passive, ‘clueless’ way.”
About 2 million U.S. children, or 3
percent to 5 percent, have ADHD. The
condition can run in families – about
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Single Mom With 5 Children Graduates from Law School; Inspires Millions

Houston, TX — Inspiring graduation photos of a single mother with her
five children have been going viral on
social media. Iesha Champs, who will
receive her law degree in May, says
she owes her success to her children.
Iesha Champs, who is now 33-years
old, dreamt of being a lawyer since she
was seven. However, a lot of things
got in the way, she almost gave up on
reaching her goals.
“I really didn’t have any stable guidance at that time. My mom was addicted to drugs. My dad was deceased.
And I was homeless,” Champs told
CBS News. “I lived with friends or
whoever would take me in. Then I got
pregnant with the first of my five children, and things just went from there.”
In the midst of all these, Champs
said she even thought of resorting to
suicide. She was grateful to the pastor
who practically saved her life through
a simple message.
“Pastor Louise Holman called me one
day and said that God told her to tell
me to go back to school and get my
GED, because that lawyer I wanted
to be, I’ll be it!” Champs recalled. “I
thought it was a little crazy because I
was too old and I had three children

with my fourth child on the way.”
Champs enrolled back in school
and eventually earned her GED from
Houston Community College. She
then went to Houston Community
College, then the University of Houston-Downtown to get her Bachelor’s
degree. This coming May, she will be
graduating from Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School
of Law.
Definitely, raising five children at the
same time studying law is not an easy
task. But with the help of her children,
she became successful in both.
“They would help me review with
flash cards while I cooked. They would
sit as a mock jury while I taught them
what I learned that day,” Champs said.
“I would sit in my closet and pray and
cry because I was overwhelmed and
my oldest son, David, would gather
his siblings, give them a snack, make
them take a bath, gather their school
clothes, all to make things easier for
me. And I had no knowledge of him
doing that until I went to do it!”
Champs commissioned a set of photos to commemorate the achievement.
“I took the pictures with my kids because they helped me through school.

They’re graduating too!” she said.
In the photos, she was holding a
chalkboard with the words, “I did it!”
written on it. Her children stand behind her holding chalkboards saying:
“We did it!” “I helped too!” “Me too!”

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The photo immediately caught the
attention of netizens and already garnered thousands of likes and comments on social media.
“When I look at the pictures, I cry, I
smile, and I’m very grateful,” Champs

said. “I see a woman who at one time
knew that the odds were against her.
Looking at that picture reminds me of
the fact that I didn’t just defy the odds,
me and my children destroyed them.”

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APRIL 25, 2018

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MAY 01, 2018

Ethically Produced Apparel & Goods = The New Wave
by Tia Muhammad, BlackDoctor.org

Black consumers now have a voice
more than ever. If we don’t agree with
something politically, racially or ethically, we have the power to get you up
and out. Nothing holds truer than the
racially-driven mishap by H&M brand
that put a monkey hoodie on a small
chocolate boy.
I consciously haven’t shopped there
since. Some things just can’t be overlooked. This goes for the millions of
fashion houses that traffic their goods
out of under-developed communities in
China and Africa for minuscule prices
and under harsh work conditions.
We now have a choice. The internet
so graciously unveils another side of the
coin that embraces ethically produced,
organic and fair waged goods by some
of the most high-quality and compelling
brands. And guess what? Most are ran
and created by people that look just like
me and you.
Looking for quality and a connection
to good? Check out these ethically produced brands that are creating a new
wave of consciousness:
Brother Vellies
Toronto-native, former Los Angeles
resident, and current New York Citytransplant, Creative Director and founder Aurora James started Brother Vellies
in Brooklyn just after finding herself
traveling to and throughout Africa to
experience the continent’s diverse culture. Keeping with the spirit of sustaining African artisanal jobs, she set a goal
of introducing the rest of the world to
her favorite traditional African footwear, while also creating and sustaining
artisanal jobs within Africa. Handmade
in South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya and
Morocco, Brother Vellies creates boots,
shoes and sandals in styles that maintain
the spirit and durability of their ancestral counterparts.
ENZI
Brands like ENZI tell a story of pride
with a dash of personal taste. Based
out of Ethiopia, long-time friends Sam
Imende, Azariah Mengistu, Jawad
Braye and Christian Ward created the
high-end footwear brand to hold that
notion to heart. Established under a
commitment to providing exceptional
production, design, and materials, ENZI
maintains their social and environmental responsibility through sourcing materials and employing craftsmen within
the continent of Africa.
From a tiny workshop to the feet of the
world, ENZI set out to change the perception of Africa through the production
of high quality, well-crafted footwear.
Throughout Africa to experience the

continent’s diverse culture. Keeping
with the spirit of sustaining African artisanal jobs, she set a goal of introducing the rest of the world to her favorite
traditional African footwear, while also
creating and sustaining artisanal jobs
within Africa. Handmade in South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya and Morocco,
Brother Vellies creates boots, shoes and
sandals in styles that maintain the spirit
and durability of their ancestral counterparts.
TawiaDesigns
Founded in 2013, TawiaDesigns is a
Ghanaian-American shoe brand based
in Chicago that provides comfortable
handmade footwear ranging from sandals, boots, lace-ups, shoes, and custom
sneakers. Their philosophy is to create
unique comfortable shoes that satisfy
customers on all levels. Handcrafted in
Kenya, Ghana, and Morocco, TawiaDesigns creates a variety of footwear
styles that represent the rich African
culture, while creating and sustaining
artisanal jobs within Africa.
Sindiso Khumalo
A sustainable textile designer based in
London, Sindiso Khumalo founded her
label with a focus on creating modern
sustainable textiles with a strong emphasis on African storytelling. She designs textiles in her collections by hand
through watercolors and collage with
sustainability, craft, and empowerment
lying at the heart of her label.

lemlem
Created by supermodel Liya Kebede,
lemlem was inspired by a trip to her
native land of Ethiopia where she met
a group of traditional weavers who no
longer had a market for their craft. lemlem is an artisan-driven collection of
women’s, men’s, children’s and home
goods made entirely in Africa that elevate artisanship, production, and jobs
across Africa.
Adele Dejak
Inspired by the beauty of African
shapes, textures, and traditional techniques, Nigerian-born designer, Adele
Dejak, ignites a revolutionary art form
with her designs. Experimenting with
natural horn, African-made fabrics,
recycled materials, and operating out
of Nairobi, Kenya, the designer unites
sustainability, craftsmanship, and ethical practices.
Tia Muhammad, BS, is an awardwinning freelance content & media
creative, copywriter, blogger, digital
designer, and marketing consultant. She
owns the boutique content and digital
media company, jackieGLDN|studio.

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Con’t from page 16

Women with ADHD:

80 percent of the underpinnings of the
disorder are due to genetics, previous
research has found.
ADHD Into Womanhood
Years ago, doctors believed children
outgrew ADHD. It’s now known that
some do outgrow the hyperactivity,
but the cognitive problems often last
a lifetime.
When Nadeau was growing up, her
brother had a classic case of “hyperactive-type” ADHD. He did poorly in
school. He was defiant, disruptive and
took physical risks. “I was so utterly
different no one suspected I could
have it, too,” she says.
Nadeau continued her obsessive
work habits throughout college and
graduate school. She earned a Ph.D.
and began a psychology practice.
While treating children with ADHD
about three decades ago, it dawned
on her she had many of the same difficulties. “I realized I was making all
sorts of accommodations in my life for
ADHD,” she says.
At about the same time, a pediatrician diagnosed ADHD in her youngest
daughter, now grown and working as
a real estate agent. Both she and her
daughter have found Ritalin-like medications help them stay organized and
think clearly. And Nadeau has found
ways to cope. She keeps her office
calm and quiet to minimize distractions. She has an office staff that takes
care of organizing paperwork and
paying bills. “But I still struggle with
these issues every day,” she says.
Not every case of a hyperactive
or unfocused child – or adult – is a
missed case of ADHD. “Diagnosing
ADHD requires a careful psychological assessment to find out if it really is
ADHD, and not some other problem
or poor child rearing,” Hinshaw says.
What should parents look for?
Girls who are very intelligent but have
problems at school is a telltale sign,
Nadeau says. So are frequent stomach
aches or anxiety about school. Girls
with ADHD are also often dismissed
as “social butterflies,” she says. In
women, hyperactivity is often manifested as talkativeness.
If you or someone you know has
ADHD, we encourage that you seek
assistance from your local healthcare provider. To find out more about
ADHD, visit our Health Conditions
tab on BlackDoctor.org.
SOURCES: Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D.,
psychologist, Silver Spring, Md.;
Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D., professor,
psychology, University of California
at Berkeley; October 2002 Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Large CT Fence Company looking for an individual for our PVC Fence Pro- Galasso Materials is seeking a motivated, organized, detail-oriduction Shop. Experience preferred but will train the right person. Must be ented candidate to join its truck dispatch office. Responsibilities
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Equal Opportunity Employer.
Invitation to Bid:
able to weld steel and aluminum. Some road work may be required.
2nd Notice
All necessary equipment provided. Must have a valid CT driver’s
license and be able to obtain a DOT medical card. Required to pass The GUILFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY
The Request for Proposals (RFP) is available in electronic format on the State Contracting Portal at:
a physical and drug test. Medical, vacation & other benefits in- is currently accepting applications for COUPLES ONLY for its one
http://das.ct.gov/cr1.aspx?page=12 or from the Department’s Official Contact:
All
new
apartments,
new
appliances,
new
carpet,
close
to
I-91
&
I-95
bedroom
apartments
at
Guilford
Court
and
Boston
Terrace
in
GuilOld Saybrook,
CT Buchelli
cluded. Please email resume to pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com AA/
Marianne
highways, near bus stop & shopping centerford, CT. Applicants must be age 62 and over or on 100%
of Public Health, HIV Prevention
EOE-MF
(4 social
Buildings,Department
17
Units)
410 Capitol Avenue, MS#11APV, P.O. Box 340308
security or federal disability and over the age of 18. Applications
Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258
Hartford,
CT Rate
06134-0308
& Not Prevailing
Wage
Project
may be obtained by calling the application Tax
line Exempt
at 203-453-6262,
Phone: (860) 509-7801 Fax: (860) 509-7853
ext. 107. An information packet will also be provided with the apE-Mail: Marianne.buchelli@ct.gov
plication. Applications willNew
be accepted
until end
of Framed,
business Housing,
day
The
RFP is also
available on the
Department’s
website at http://www.ct.gov/dph/rfp (Request for ProCT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s
Construction,
Wood
Selective
Demolition,
Site-work,
Castposals). A printed copy of the RFP can be obtained from the Official Contact upon request.
on July of31,
2018. Credit, police, and landlord checks are procured
with This
3 years
min.
exp.program
HAZMAT
Endorsed.
Certificate Program.
is a 10
month
designed
to assist in the intellectual formation
Candidates
in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl
Siding,
in response to the Church’s
Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday,by
August
20, 2016 1:30(Tractor/Triaxle/Roll-off)
the authority.
Smoke free housing.
Deadline for submission of proposals to the DPH is May 29, 2018

Nassau County as the Place of trial.-The Basis of venue is Plaintiff/Defendant Resides
Bid Extended, Due Date:
August 5, 2016
Large CT based fence retailer looking for a residential estimator. We are lookat:436 Bedell Terrace West Hempstead, NY 11552.-SUMMONS WITH NOTICE PlainAugust
15, 2016
The New Haven Early Childhood Council isAnticipated
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at 436 Bedell Terrace West Hempstead, NY 11552,Timothy M Celenza
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are on
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the Housing
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ofvisits
the Town
of quality
Seymour
position
willbids
be based
the CT by
shoreline
and will include
both field
fund
enhancement (QE) projects
for the
period available
Plaintiff
against
Yulia Zorina, Defendant - ACTION FOR DIVORCE To the above
Project
documents
via
ftp
link
below:
and
retail3:00
sales. pm
Compensation
will include
in line at
withitsexperience
until
on Tuesday,
Augustsalary
2, 2016
office at 28July
Smith
Street,
1, 2018
to June 30, 2019 for the following services:
named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to Serve a notice of appearance
http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage
as well as commissions based on sales volume. Previous construction and/
on the Plaintiff within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of
CT 06483
Concrete
Repairs Email
and Replacement at the
or Seymour,
home improvement
servicefor
related
product Sidewalk
experience preferred.
• on-site education consultation to prek programs
the day of service (or within thirty(30) days after the service is complete if this summons,
resume
to mpicard@atlasoutdoor.com
Smithfield
Gardens AssistedAA/EOE
Living Facility, 26 Smith Street
Seymour.
• mental
health resources for children
and
families
in
prek
programs;
Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com
is not personally delivered to you with in the State of New York; and in the case of your

• professional development trainings related
to CT Early
Standards,
HCC encourages
theLearning
participation
of all Veteran,
S/W/MBE
& Sectionjudgment
3 Certified Businesses
failure
to appear,
will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded
trauma informed care and topics required

TRANSFER
STATION
A pre-bid
conference will
be held atLABORER
the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith
Street
Seymour,
CT
at
10:00
am,
on
Wednesday,
July 20, 2016.
Off load trailers, reload for trans/disp. Lift 50 lbs., operate industrial by School Readiness and NAEYC.

Haynes Construction Company, 32 in
Progress
Ave, Seymour,
06483 Dated: December 2, 2009 Timothy M Celenza, Plaintiff Pro
the notice
set forthCTbelow.
AA/EEO EMPLOYER
Se 436 Bedell Terrace West Hempstead, NY 11552. NOTICE: The nature of this Action is
to dissolve the marriage between the parties, on the grounds: DRL Section 170 subd. (2)powered trucks and forklift. Asbestos Worker Handler Training a +.
An info session will be held Monday, May 12th from 2-3pm at 54 Meadow
The Abandonment of the Plaintiff by the Defendant for a period of more than one year.
Resumes
to RED
Technologies,
LLC, 173 Pickering
Portland,Housing
CT Street,
conference Ofroom 3B. To receive the RFP and for established rates for each
Bidding
documents
are available
from theSt.,
Seymour
Authority
The relief sought is A judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the Plaintiff dissolving
06480; Fax 860-342-1022; or
service type, contact the School Readiness office
the marriage between the parties in this action. The nature of any ancillary or additional
fice,to28
Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.
Email
lkelly@redtransfer.com
Denised@nhps.net 203-946-7875.
relief demanded is:None
RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to
reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS

APRIL 25, 2018

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MAY 01, 2018

Granville T. Woods: The Inventor’s Inventor
by BlackDoctor.org Staff

Inventor Granville T. Woods dedicated his life to developing a variety
of inventions to help create a better
quality of life for everyone. His vision
of coming up with solutions to everyday problems helped him to become
an inventor that even other inventors
dreamed of.
Woods was born in Columbus, Ohio,
on April 23, 1856, to free AfricanAmericans. He held various engineering and industrial jobs before
establishing a company to develop
electrical apparatus. Known as “Black
Edison,” he registered nearly 60 patents in his lifetime, including a telephone transmitter, a trolley wheel and
the multiplex telegraph (over which
he defeated a lawsuit by Thomas Edison). Woods died in 1910. His most
noted invention was a system for letting the engineer of a train know how
close his train was to others.

This device helped cut down accidents and collisions between trains.

Woods literally learned his skills on
the job. Attending school in Columbus
until age 10, he served an apprenticeship in a machine shop and learned the
trades of machinist and blacksmith.
During his youth, he also went to night
school and took private lessons. Although he had to leave formal school
at age ten, Woods realized that learning and education were essential to developing critical skills that would allow him to express his creativity with
machinery.
In 1872, Woods obtained a job as a
fireman on the Danville and Southern
railroad in Missouri, eventually becoming an engineer. He invested his
spare time in studying electronics. In
1874, he moved to Springfield, Illinois, and worked in a rolling mill. In
1878, he took a job aboard the Ironsides, a British steamer, and, within
two years, became Chief Engineer of

Inventor Granville T. Woods
the steamer.
Finally, his travels and experiences
led him to settle in Cincinnati, Ohio
where he became a person dedicated
to modernizing the railroad.

In 1888, Woods developed a system
for overhead electric conducting lines
for railroads, which aided in the development of the overhead railroad system found in cities such as Chicago,
St.
Louis, and New York City. In his
early thirties, he became interested in
thermal power and steam-driven engines. In 1889, he filed his first patent
for an improved steam boiler furnace.
In 1892, a complete Electric Railway
System was operated at Coney Island,
NY. In 1887, he patented the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph,
which allowed men to communicate
by voice over telegraph wires, ultimately helping to speed up important
communications. This drastically improved communications between train
stations and moving trains, making
it possible for trains to communicate
with the station and with other trains
so they knew exactly where they were
at all times. And, subsequently, preventing crucial errors such as train ac-

cidents.
Alexander Graham Bell’s company purchased the rights to Woods’
telegraphony patent enabling him to
become a full-time inventor. Among
his other top inventions were a…
…steam boiler furnace and an automatic air brake used to slow or stop
trains. Wood’s electric car was powered by overhead wires. It was the
third rail system to keep cars running
on the right track.
Success led to lawsuits filed by
Thomas Edison who sued Woods
claiming that he was the first inventor of the multiplex telegraph. Woods
eventually won, but Edison didn’t give
up easily when he wanted something.
Trying to win Woods over, and his
inventions, Edison offered Woods a
prominent position in the engineering
department of Edison Electric Light
Company in New York.
Woods declined, preferring his independence. Thereafter, Woods was
often known as “Black Edison.”

Fifty Years Later, Fair Housing Act Recognized as a Factor in Fighting Housing Discrimination
By Christopher G. Cox, Publisher/
Managing Editor, realesavvy.com
One of the signature achievements of
the Civil Rights Era was the passage
by Congress in April of 1968 of the
Fair Housing Act (FHA), also known
as Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of
1968. Looking back on this historic
legislative accomplishment, Majurial “MJ” Watkins, president of the
Charlotte Crown Realist Association
(CCRA), said that the FHA clearly
played a role in helping to make certain that minority buyers and renters
would not be discriminated against by
sellers, landlords and financial institutions.
“While we acknowledge that the Fair
Housing Act has helped to prevent
discrimination in housing,” Watkins
said, “there is still work to be done.”
Unfortunately, she added, some potential Black homeowners are still being
treated unfairly in the housing market.
The CCRA is local chapter of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) and counts among its
members professionals in virtually every sector of real estate, including brokers, mortgage originators, real estate
attorneys, appraisers and many others.
“Our focus extends well beyond the
city of Charlotte,” Watkins explained,
“to include neighborhoods throughout
greater Charlotte and even to nearby
communities such as Rock Hill, which

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is in South Carolina.”
Watkins credits the FHA with playing a significant role in helping African American home ownership reach
an all-time high of 49 percent in the
period between 2004 and 2005.
“Unfortunately, since then it has fallen
to about 42 percent,” Watkins said.
That’s why her organization continues
to emphasize education, financing and
other resources, she added. CCRA’s
mission is to create “Democracy in
Housing” with a goal of increasing
Black home ownership by 2 million in
the next five years.
“Ultimately,” Watkins said, “our vision is to see Black wealth rebuilt
through home ownership.”
James Perry, president and CEO of
the Winston-Salem Urban League,
also said that he believes that the
FHA has played an important role in
fighting housing discrimination, but
like Watkins, Perry said that even 50
years after its passage discrimination
remains a problem.
“In fact,” Perry said, “if you measure
discrimination by how many segregated communities there are in the United
States now compared to how many
there were 50 years ago, there hasn’t
been much progress.” He noted that in
most cities many neighborhoods remain largely Black, largely Latino or
largely White.
While there might be less overt discrimination today, Perry said, it is

more difficult for minorities to know
when they are being subtly discriminated against. He pointed to the importance of a Supreme Court case
(Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman)
decided in 1982 that made it easier to
determine when discrimination exists
by allowing fair housing organizations
to send in “testers.” This is a practice whereby individuals with similar
backgrounds, but of different races,
answer ads for properties for sale or
rent. When minorities are declined, or
are offered less attractive terms than
Whites, “testing” can help to support
a case for discrimination.
Perry noted that a strong impetus for
the passage of the FHA in 1968 was
the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., just days before the act was
passed by Congress.
“Dr. King had been a strong supporter of the Fair Housing Act, openly
pushing for it in Chicago in 1967,”
Perry said. “Some politicians viewed
voting for the act as a way to quell the
riots that erupted in the wake of his assassination.”
Christopher G. Cox is the Publisher/
Managing Editor of Realesavvy.com.
His monthly column, focusing on
community and economic development, appears in the Winston-Salem
Chronicle. He also has a monthly
radio program that can be heard on
WTOB (980 AM) in Winston-Salem.
Follow Chris on Twitter @realesavvy.

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